IIAT Services MGA News

Texas Insurance Wholesalers Wary of Retail Agent Association MGA

In mid-November 2014, Texas’ largest association of independent retail insurance agents took the unprecedented step of acquiring a managing general agency as a way of providing its members greater access to non-admitted commercial insurance markets. In announcing the acquisition, the …

Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director

Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and agencies in an educational role. VanDelinder has been executive director of …

Texas Agent Group Acquires LevelFirst, Forms IIAT Services MGA

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced it is continuing its tradition of providing insurance markets for small independent agencies with the acquisition of Dallas-based managing general agency LevelFirst LLC. Operating as IIAT Services MGA, the new company will …